Day 17 - August 21

Left Riverside Resort Campground around 9 this morning and parked at Whistler Village.  Walked through the village, saw the Olympic rings, the flame thingy and the big stage area used during the olympics and we had our morning coffee in the village.  So beautiful!  It is like Disney World, all groomed and quaint and expensive.  Then we went up Whistler Mountain in a gondola to where the peak to peak gondola is.  While up there we went on a guided hike for over an hour and saw a glacial lake, glaciers and other flora and fauna.  Very enjoyable and some steep descents and ascents!  Then we took a chair lift to the summit of Whistler and hiked around up there.  We had to hike downhill to reach the chairlift about 1 km and then up again when we came back.  At the summit you could look in any direction and it was nothing but mountains.  Awesome!  It was quite cold too.  Luckily we both brought a sweater and jacket.  Then we had lunch at the Roundhouse Lodge on the mountain and watched a movie about the building of the Peak to Peak Gondola.  Then we rode the Peak to Peak Gondola which goes from Whistler Mountain to Blackcomb Mountain, 4.4 km with over 3 km unsuspended....an amazing experience.  The we rode down Blackcomb on 2 different chair lifts.  The heights are just unbelievable, words and pictures cannot convey it!  We then had coffee in the van and drove to Lilloet on the banks of the Fraser River.  Sketchy little campground on an Indian Reserve.  Right now we are in Kamloops having our morning coffee.  We hope to get to at least Banff today.  Love to you all.  Pete and Angela